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001356101 035__ $$a(OCoLC)747798320
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001356101 1001_ $$aGleason, Judith.
001356101 24510 $$aChiapas$$h[electronic resource] :$$bprayer for the weavers /$$cby Judith Gleason.
001356101 260__ $$aNew York, NY :$$bFilmakers Library,$$c1999.
001356101 300__ $$a1 online resource (36 min.).
001356101 500__ $$aOriginally released as DVD.
001356101 500__ $$aTitle from resource description page (viewed May 24, 2011).
001356101 520__ $$aGripped by painful memories of the civil war in Chiapas, Mexico, twenty-four women members of a Tzotzil family cooperative gather for a festival to display their work in order to market it. Income from the work of these women is essential to the maintenance of their families. Musicians led by a rezador (prayer maker), accompany them to a "safe place" in town. The prayer, the music and the weavings intertwine in homage to Mayan traditions and to those who have suffered and died resisting oppression. A year ago, 45 members of a progressive Catholic group known as Las Abejas ("The Bees") were brutally murdered in Acteal by a government paramilitary organization. The husband of one of the weavers, a leader of the Abejas, explains the purpose of his nonviolent organization and of its solidarity with the social programs of the Zapatistas. The leader of the weavers group, who also works with women in a Zapitista support base, describes women's suffering under military occupation. And finally, we hear a firsthand account of the massacre by one who survived. Here is a film that gives a close and moving portrait of the people most affected by the "low intensity war" which to this day has not been responsibly addressed by the federal government. The oppression continues, tacitly supported by global intentions to exploit the natural resources in the area. Meanwhile, the Mayan inhabitants of the land fight poverty and disease, without a promised voice in local government. These deeply pious weavers and their kinfolk survive with charm and dignity.
001356101 521__ $$aFor College; Adult audiences.
001356101 546__ $$aThis edition in English.
001356101 586__ $$aAmerican Anthropological Association, 2000
001356101 586__ $$aDallas Film Festival, 2002
001356101 586__ $$aNative American Film & Video Festival, 2000
001356101 586__ $$aSan Antonio CineFest, 2000
001356101 586__ $$aSan Diego Human Rights Film Festival, 2002
001356101 586__ $$aUSA Film Festival, 2002
001356101 650_0 $$aWeaving$$zMexico$$zChiapas.
001356101 651_0 $$aChiapas (Mexico)$$xHistory$$yPeasant Uprising, 1994-
001356101 653_0 $$aWomen's issues
001356101 655_7 $$aDocumentary films.$$2lcgft
001356101 7761_ $$cOriginal$$w(OCoLC)747798320
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001356101 944__ $$a1785062
001356101 945__ $$aThe Whole World
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001356101 983__ $$aOnline